Jason Burns’ Blog

Nobody can accuse me of not reading enough. Also, as an employee of Microsoft, nobody can accuse me of not keeping myself up to date with what is going on in the entire software ecosystem, including Open Source software. Tonight, I got off on a tangent and that led to to reading a transcript of a speech Richard Stallman gave on GPL (GNU Public License) version 3. I had to laugh at one point, a cellular phone rings, and Stallman says:

If you are carrying a portable surveillance and tracking device, please turn it off. They have already tracked you here. They already know that you are listening to me, so there is no need for you to keep telling them that you are still here. And if they want to listen to what I am saying, we’re going to publish the video recording anyway. They don’t need to turn on your portable surveillance device to do it.

Wow! I always thought he was a bit self righteous and narcicistic, but he really things “they” (I am not sure who they are, this speech was being given in Europe so I doubt he is thinking CIA, FBI, etc.) are, but apparently he is important enough that he thinks some nefarious organization is keeping tabs on him, as well as everyone in attendance to try and get to him. Yikes.

Ok, maybe that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but work with me here. In the software development world, a lot of times we talk about who our customers are. Not what kind of pancakes they like, or what they think about rainbows, but what set of characteristics makes them a unique user [...]

I was listening to the new Dream Theater album today, downloaded via ZunePass and is phenomenal by the way, and I had a thought. I really miss CD jackets. I miss being able to read the lyrics. I also hate having to try and read them from the myriad of spam and malware filled [...]

It kept happening to me. I would get to work and an email I read while remote was gone. It happened a few times more and I snooped around and found them sitting in the trash in my mail client. I wasn’t sure exactly what was going on until today. The answer? There is [...]

I guess money talks… BING!
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